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Multi-Dimensional Search (With First Derivatives)

Suppose that we can efficiently calculate the gradient vector at a point (by `efficiently' we mean analytically, requiring less computation than n individual evaluations of the original function). There are cunning `Conjugate Gradient' algorithms available which use this information to build up conjugate sets much faster than Powell's method (n line minimizations rather than ). See [6].





Bob Fisher
Fri Mar 28 14:12:50 GMT 1997